Capiz is one of the four provinces of Panay Island in Western Visayas. Located 375 miles southwest of Manila, 136 kilometers northwest of Iloilo City and 86 kilometers east of Kalibo, Aklan, once a part of the early Malay settlement known as Aklan. It is composed of 16 municipalities, 1 component city (Roxas City) and 473 barangays.

ROXAS City â€” Classes for Master of Management courses under the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) will be held in this city starting next month.

The university was offering Master of Management in Business Management and Master of Management in Public Management.

The function room of El Circulo Convention Center in Pueblo de Panay in Barangay Lawa-an will serve as classroom for the first batch of post-graduate students under this scheme.

Due to lack of faculty members, only 30 students were accommodated for the first batch.

Representatives from UPV, UP Alumni Associationâ€“Capiz Chapter and Pueblo de Panay signed a memorandum of agreement on the scheme yesterday at the convention center.

The offers are open for students not only in Capiz but also in the nearby provinces.

UPVâ€™s post-graduate courses in management are in line with the development of the province, said Professor Mary Ann Gumban, the universityâ€™s College of Management dean.

If the number of enrollees increases, a building for the program will be built at the â€śeducational zoneâ€ť of Pueblo de Panay, a residential and commercial township, and other courses will be offered.